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Change Rocks Foundation Youth Programs
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Youth have the power to transform society. But with limited access to education and vocational skills, many are exploited - early marriage, manual labor, trafficking - in the fight against global poverty. Our multidisciplinary programs use music as an alternative tool to teach vulnerable youth critical life skills. VULNERABLE YOUTH: Ages 12-17. Build stronger communities and end global poverty! Dominican Republic, 2008. STUDENT LEADERS: Ages 18-25. In school. These underlying issues often erupt into ...
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YEWANDE About
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Listeners may wonder what inspires this artist, activist and honorary U. S. Cultural Ambassador who devotes much of her time to lecturing ( www.globalinstituteforchange.com. And empowering vulnerable youth through her humanitarian organization ( www.changerocksfoundation.com. Is it faith, ambition, the music? Perhaps its simply her Yoruba birth name (which means "reincarmation of mother") that foretold this story long before her journey began. AMAZING GRACE (December 2015). HOT NEWS and EVENTS.
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YEWANDE Videos
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Proud Mary" - Live. Album - "Rebirth" (2012). Album - "Rebirth" (2011). Amazing Grace: Freedom's Song". U S Embassy Performance. We Want Books" - Youth Initiative. Malawi, Africa (2007). Malawi, Africa (2006). Harrisburgh, PA (2013).
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YEWANDE News
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Amazing Grace: Freedom's Song. CNN HERO NOMINEE (August 2014). Yewande receives 2014 CNN Hero Award nomination for the second year! Since 2006, her humanitarian organization (changerocksfoundation.com) has used music and arts education to empower over 250,000 youth with critical life skills in 12 countries from Africa and Europe to the Americas. RETURNING TO HER ROOTS. FOR THE PEOPLE (May 2014). MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL! Yewande selected as a "My Black is Beautiful" Ambassador semi-finalist. The nationa...
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YEWANDE Music
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EPK, TOUR AND MORE!
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YEWANDE Yewande Bio
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Left listeners believing in the power of love. And the Huffington Post’s international debut of the video for her second single War reminded the world that love could also be a formidable weapon against hate. But just 3 months shy of releasing her debut album, Yewande was struck with a prolonged illness that would put the project on hold for the next 2 years. Promotes diversity, leadership and student activism on college campuses across the country ( www.soldiers4change.com. Or perhaps its her Yoruba bir...
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YEWANDE Photos
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Naturally Sessy Spotlight | Naturally Sessy
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Where sassy meets sexy, effortlessly. Naturally Sessy Spotlight: Michelle Obama. August 11, 2009 0 Comments. This is a gorgeous picture of our First Lady rockin' a natural fro! Tagged with: Naturally sessy spotlight. Naturally Sessy Spotlight: Yewande Austin. July 19, 2009 0 Comments. She is also the President and Founder of Global Institute for Diversity and Change (formerly Change Rocks Institute). She's doing BIG things and I'm so proud of her! Make sure you check her out:. Member for 7 years 5 weeks.
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Change Rocks Foundation About
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As a little girl, Yewande's only dream was to change the world like the pioneers she read about in the books that she treasured. At the height of conflict in America, artist-activists like Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson and Josephine Baker exemplified how music and the arts could affect social change. VULNERABLE YOUTH: Ages 12-17. Emergency Education (IDP) - Reading, Language and Math Skills. STEAM Education - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math. Sustainable Development - Social Entrepreneurship.
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